Cool =)
Using LED bars would be my idea, just take the proportions of regular LED 7
segment cases and apply it.

Troy P. wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have an opportunity make a little money if I can design a display that
> has 5 - 36" tall digits on it. I have always wanted to make one of these
> anyway but I wanted to do it with LEDs. Does anyone have any experience
> with this type of design. Questions that came to my mind were:
> 1. What should the width of each segment be? The height will be 18".
>
> 2. What should the spacing on the LEDs be? I was thinking about
> stagering them for more coverage.
>
> 3. How should the current and voltage be made? First calculations show
> about 30amps at around 5v per digit. This didn't sound right to me. This
> was based on 8LEDs/square inch and each segment being 18" x 2" and this
> seems too skinny.
>
> Any thoughts will help before I start spending money on development.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Troy Powledge
> TCo. Systems
> tpow@eramp.net



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